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UNITED STAT S PATE T OFFICE.

WILLIAM FRANCIS ALTENBAUGH, OF TIFFIN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO GEORGE BEATTY, OF DUNKIRK, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY GATHERING AND DELIVERING GLASS IN MANUFACTURING GLASSWARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,974, dated February '7, 1899.

Application filed June 28, 1898. Serial No. 684,684. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM FRANCIS AL- TENBAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiflin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Machines for Automatically Gathering and Delivering Glass in the Manufacture of Glassware, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention is directed to the pro-- duction of a machine for automatically gathering and delivering glass in the operation of forming it into articles, and for providing for the highest capacity in the work the machine is organized for carrying out my invention in the separate operations with a solid gathering-iron and with a blowpipe.

The principle upon which the machine operates is that of automatically advancing a pivotally-mounted instrument into the working chamber with a dipping action upon the surface of the molten glass, which it gathers at its skimming-point by rotating, picking up the glass by layers in a sufficient quantity for the intended work, then reversing the direction of the longitudinal movement of the gatherin g instrument, raising it from the surface, swinging it out at the side of the machine, and delivering the gather for forming operations while the carriage is at rest, then reversing the movement to again advance the gathering instrument to repeat the operation.

For effecting these operations the present machine embodies novel features in its organization.

In the manufacture of pressed ware the gather is delivered from the gathering-iron into a press-mold, and in the manufacture of blown ware the gathering-blowpipe is presented to a forming-block, where the operation is continued by blowing or pufling into the pipe as it is rotated in the machine.

The invention which forms the subject of this patent is directed to and embodied in the machine in its capacity for use with the solid gathering-iron in press-forming the article from the glass delivered from the solid iron;

and the said invention for this purpose consists of certain novel parts and combinations of parts, which are particularly and sepaand delivering the gather either to a moldingpress or to a forming-block in the form which I prefer to employ it; but it will be understood that my invention is not limited to the precise form herein illustrated and described,

as various modifications may be made without exceeding the scope of the concluding claims.

For carrying out the invention herein claimed the machine will be described to produce what is known as pressed ware, in which a solid gathering-iron is employed to gather the glass and deliver it to a formingpress.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a complete machine designed to secure the highest capacity for work in one organized structure in the separate operations which I have stated, and it will be found an efficient embodiment of the invention herein claimed, a detailed description of which will now be given.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in lon gitudinal elevation the complete machine as organized for use with a pivotally-mounted gathering instrument, the position of which is as advancing into the working chamber. Fig. 2 shows in detail a side View of the gear connections of the carriage and of the-sliding gear on the line-shaft 24, by which the gathering instrument is rotated. Fig. 3 shows in vertical longitudinal section the chuck device for carrying the gathering instrument and the gear for rotating the chuck. Fig. 4 shows in elevation so much of the machine as illustrates the gathering instrument as advancing in a dipped position and skimming the surface of the glass in gathering a charge. Fig. 5 shows a transverse section of the machine, taken through the line a: a: of Fig. 1, showing the gearing for rotating the gather- ICO ing instrument from the line-shaft. Fig. 6 is a like section on the lines 2, showing the flexible shafts 17, connecting the chuck-gear; and Fig. 7 is a like section on the line y y of Fig. 1, showing the shelf 64 for sustaining the pivotally-mounted gathering instrument; and Fig. 8 shows in top view the gear by which the gathering instrument is rotated from the line-shaft. Fig. 9 shows in top view the machine as used with duplex gathering-irons in the positions they occupy when delivering the gatherinto the press-molds and the clutch is out of gear. Fig. 10 shows the gear for swinging the duplex gathering instruments out at the side of the machine for delivering the gather. Fig. 11 shows the rear end of the machine, the clutch device, the connections with the power-driven shaft, and the crank cam-lever for reciprocating the carriage and for actuating the clutch device for controlling the rotation of the gathering-iron. Fig. 12 is across-section taken at the gear end of the machine in front of the latch-bar 52 and showing its connected lever 53 and the relation thereto of the cam crank-lever for operating the latch-bar to shift the clutch. Fig. 13 shows in top view the clutch device and connecting mechanism for rotating the gathering instrument, the line-shaft 24 being engaged by the bevel-gear for comparative slow rotation. Fig. 14. is a like View showing the line-shaft as being out of engagement with its actuating-gear to stop the rotation of the gathering instrument when delivering the charge. Fig. 15 shows a like view, the lineshaft engaged by the friction-gear 34 for comparative rapid rotation of the gathering instrument. Fig. 16 shows in side View the cam crank-lever in its relation to the lever 53, connecting and actuating the clutch for controlling the movements of the carriage, and the lever 40, connecting and actuating the gearshifting devices for controlling the rotation of the gathering instrument. Fig. 17 shows the way in which the cam of the cranklever actuates the clutch-lever connections to shift the clutch and the gear-shifter. Fig. 18 shows in side view the device for suspending and automatically placing the blowpipe in its carrying-chuck, and Fig. 19 is a top view of the same as used in the duplex machine. Fig. 20 shows in top view the clutch and shifting gear connections and the relation thereto of the cam crank-lever and the supplemental cam 100 thereon for engaging the friction-gear 34c 35 to accelerate the rotation of the blowpipe at the forming-block, as in Fig. 19; and Fig. 21 shows in detail the end cam 55 and the supplemental cam 100 of the crank-lever in their adaptation for actuating both the levers 40 and 53 for shifting the clutch and the friction-gear as seen in Fig. 20.

For supporting the operating parts of the machine the frame has iron beams 1 1 of the proper length in vertical alinement one above the other carried by end frames 2 2, and upon and between these beams a carriage 3 is mountedforreciprocatingmovement. Asim ple form for the carriage is an iron body of rectangular form standing vertically and provided with flanged rolls 4 4 at each of its cor ners mounted to engage and travel with firm movements upon the beams. At its side the carriage carries the mechanism for gathering and delivering the glass. The frame has a fixed relation to the working chamber and extends therefrom, with the gathering instrument mounted and carried in such manner as to be caused to travel into and from the chamber and in such relation to the surface of the glass as to effect the gathering by a rotating skimming action.

As shown, the working capacity of the machine involves a multiple of gathering instruments, and as the mounting and operating mechanism of each is of identical construction a description of such mechanism and the operation of one of the gathering instruments will be identical with the other.

Near the lower side of the carriage an iron bracket 5, Fig. 6, is bolted, standing out horizontal and has a tubular bearing 6, within which is mounted a tubular shaft 7, Fig. 5, having fixed on its upper end a sort of turntable plate 8, having vertical cheek parts 9, to and between which is mounted by trunnions Z2, Fig. 5, an arm 10, free to swing on its trunnions and carrying a chuck for the gathering instrument. The trunnions of this carrying-arm are mounted about vertically in line with the axis of the turn-table, and said arm 10 has fixed thereto a suitable box-casting 11, within which the chuck for the gathering instrument is secured, as in Fig. 3. Preferably this box is located in front of the trunnions of the carrying-arm, and the provision for mounting the gathering instrument consists of a tubular shaft 12, Fig. 3, arranged to rotate in the said box and having a flaring open end projecting to receive the gathering instrument,whieh is secured therein byscrews 13 engaging the angular end 0 of said instrument to prevent it from turning within the chuck, while at its swing end the carryingarm 10 has a pair of rolls (Z, on which the gathering instrument has a firm resting-bearing, and is held from working out of the chuck by a collar fitting against said rolls. The other end of the chuck-shaft has a gear 14E outside of the box, which engages a like gear 15 on a plug-pin 16, fitted to turn in a bearing in the box above the chuck-shaft. Connecting the geared end of this plug is a flexible shaft 17, which extends down through an opening in the arm 10 and connects with the upper end of a shaft 18, Fig. 5, loosely mounted within the tubular shaft 7, whereby the rotation of said shaft 18 drives the chuck-shaft and rotates the gathering instrument; The provision for rotating the vertical shaft 18 is seen in Figs. 2, 5, 6, and 8, and consists of a gear 19, fixed on its lower end and engaging with an equal gear 20 011 a stud fixed in a bracket 21, secured to the base-plate 5 and carrying said gear 20 outside of the gear 19. This arrangement of the gear renders it convenient to drive the flexible shaft by a sliding gear connection, with a rotating lineshaft fixed in the frame. Such sliding gear connection is made bya bevel-gear 22 on the stud of the gear 20, and therefore carried by the carriage, so that said bevel-gear 22 will engage a bevel-pinion 23, Figs. 5 and 8, splined on the line-shaft 24, which being rotated from the clutch connections thereby rotates the gathering instrument through its flexible shaft connections. As the carriage reciprocates the splined bevel-pinion 23 is caused by its bracket connection, Fig. 2, to slide upon the line-shaft, and being rotated by it rotates the vertical shaft 18 by the intermediate gear, as stated.

The rotation of the gathering instrument by means of gear in which a flexible shaft serves as an element to directly connect the said instrument with a rotating line-shaft gives a compact and effective arrangement with a reciprocating carriage and with a gathering instrument having a lateral swinging movement. The mounting of the gear mechanism upon the carriage in a way to allow it to be actuated by a sliding connection with the line-shaft allows the rotation of the gathering instrument and of its laterally-swinging movements during the reciprocation of the carriage. The mounting of the turn-table in concentric relation to the flexible shaft connections, as in Figs. 1 and 6, renders the rotation of the gathering instrument and its lateral swing through a center common to both motions, and thereby making the line-shaft the means for controlling and changing the speed of the rotation of the gathering instrument.

The carriage is reciprocatedby a crank movement, which gives the advantage of an easy stop, rendering it free from bump or jar and effecting a better delivery action of the gathering instrument. This movement is by the crank 25 on the shaft 26, mounted on the rear end frame, the said crank connecting by a rod 27 the carriage and determines the extent, the stopping, and the reversing of its movement. This crank also serves as a lever having thefunction of a cam, whereby the rotation of the gathering instrument and the movements of the carriage are controlled. For this purpose the crank-lever extends on each side of its carrying-shaft and has a cam on each arm part. The line shaft. 24 is mounted at the side of and parallel with the lower beam and is rotated by a sprocketwheel 28 on the clutch-driven shaft by a chain 29, engaging a sprocket 30, Figs. 13, 14, 15, 16, and 20, on shifting shaft 31, mounted in the end frame. On this shifting shaft is fixed a gear 32, which engages a gear 33 on the line-shaft, whereby it is rotated to cause the rotation of the gathering instrument. This shifting shaft 31 also has a friction-wheel 34, and the shaft itself is adapted to have only sufficient endwise movement whereby to engage said friction-wheel with acceleratinggear to give a more rapid speed to the shaft 24 and through it to the gathering instrument, as Iwill now state. Referring to Figs. 13, 14, and 15, the shifting shaft 31 is seen as being driven from the clutch-shaft and is engaged with the line-shaft by the gear 32 33, which engagement is maintained by a spring 43 on the outer end of the shifting shaft constantly pressing it inward.

The accelerating-gear consists of a small friction-wheel 35, Figs. 1 and 13, on a short shaft 36, mounted parallel to the line-shaft and arranged to engage the larger frictionwheel near its periphery, while said short shaft 36 engages the line-shaft by the gear 37 38, whereby the friction-wheels when in engagement impart a comparatively fast rotation to the line-shaft and through it imparts a corresponding speed to the gatheringinstrument for a purpose which I will presently state. For the engagement of the friction-wheels the shifting shaft 31 is caused to have an outward movement, and this is efiected by the rotation of the crank-lever 25, which is provided with a cam-formed plate 39, Figs. 13 and 16, adapted to engage the upper end of a lever 40, pivoted in the frame and connecting a pivoted arm 41, which engages the end of said shifting shaft 31 and pushes it outward, forcing and holding its friction-wheel 34 in engagement with the accelerating friction-wheel 35, thereby quickly engaging the friction-gearing and accelerating the speed of the rotation of the gathering instrument at the proper times in the operation of the machine, as in Figs. 15 to 20. The lever 40 has a roll .42 to receive the action of the lever-cam 39, and the said roll is held in position to receive the action of the cam by the spring 43 upon the shaft 31 and the action of the latter upon the pivoted arm 41. So long therefore as the cam-plate 39 of the cranklever is in engagement with the lever 40 the friction gear will be held in engagement; but when the said cam-plate in the revolution of the crank passes its contact with said lever 40 then the spring 43 brings the gear 32 33 into engagement and maintains it until the cam-lever again shifts the gear. The cam is so formed with a curved and a flat part as to effect this operation, as in Figs. 17 and 21. Referring to Figs. 1 and 11, the shaft 26 of the crank cam-lever is preferably arranged about midway between the track-rails, and below this shaft is mounted the clutch-shaft, upon which is loosely fitted two equal pulleys 44 45, with which a clutch 46 is caused to engage as it is shifted by the action of a cam 39 on the lever 40, as I will presently state.

These pulleys are continuously driven by belts from pulleys 47 48, Fig. 11, onthe powerdriven shaft, while a pinion 49 on the clutchshaft engages a larger gear 50 on the shaft of the crank cam-lever, whereby to cause its rotation. One of the pulleys 48 on the powerdriven shaft is comparatively small, the object of which is to give a comparatively slow rotation to the pulley 45 when engaged with the clutch and which when so engaged causes the carriage to move slowly in advancing the gathering instrument while taking up a charge. The clutch-shifter 51, Figs. 12 and 13, is controlled by a latch-bar 52, pivotally connected at one end to the lower end of the lever 53, pivoted to the frame and arranged to be engaged by the cam 39 on the crank-lever in a way to vibrate said lever 53, and thereby actuate the clutch-shifter, the said latch-bar having a notch 54, by which it is adapted to engage the upper end of the clutchshifter, Fig. 12.

A spring 55, Fig. 14:, connected to the clutchshifter 51, constantly tends to engage and maintain the clutch in engagement with the pulley 4%, while a spring constantly acts to place the latch-bar-connected lever 53 always in position to receive the action of the camlever at each revolution of the latter, Fig. 12. The cam-plate 39 acts to pull the latch-bar 52 toward said cam-lever, and the throw of the latch-bar is sufficient to cause the clutch to be engaged with either of the pulleys 4:4 45 in operating the carriage and in rotating the gathering instrument by the rotation of the crank cam-lever. The form of the cam 39, Figs. 12, 17, and 21, is such that its part which first engages the lever is so curved or formed as to vibrate the lever to give it the shifting action, while the fiat surface part of the cam acts to hold the clutch to its shifted position until the cam passes off the lever-roll, when the latter will move into position to be again acted upon by the cam in its revolution. In the same way the shiftershaft is actuated and released. In the construction shown the camplate 39 is formed to act upon the gear and the clutch-shifting levers at the same time and to release them at the same time; but separate cams may be used to effect these operations. The other end of the crank-lever is also provided with a cam 55, which is arranged and formed to engage the clutch-shifting lever 53 in the revolution of the crank; but this shifting movement is effected by a throw of the cam 55 of less extent than the throw of the cam 39. This lesser throw of the shifting-lever acts to shift the clutch only sufficientin extent to throw it out of engagement, as in Figs. 9 and 20, for stopping the carriage at the point of or just after it has reached its full backward movement and which thereby will cause the swing of the gathering instrument to be stopped to deliver the gather either into the press or at the forming-block, according as the machine may be working in the manufacture of press or of blown ware. So in like manner this cam 55 is formed to act upon the lever 40 with a throw only sufficient to put the gear 32 out of engagement with the gear 33, and thereby stop the rotation of the gathering-iron at the time the glass is being dropped into the press. It is therefore at the limit of the backward movement of the carriage-actuating crank that the latch-bar is moved so as to put the clutch out of gear with the drive-pulleys to stop the machine and at the same time stop the rotation of the lineshaft to stop the rotation of the gatheringiron. This action of the end cam in disengaging the gear 32 33 does not give sufficient movement to the shaft 31 to put its friction wheel 34 in gear. It will be understood that the gear shifting shaft 31 is continuously driven by the sprocket 28 being fixed to the pulley which is continuously driven.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the line-shaft is driven at different speeds of rotation, one speed being comparatively slow, given by the gear 31 32 at the time the gathering instrument is being swungout to deliver the gather, and thereby prevent the glass from being thrown olf, as would be liable under a rapid rotation. The other faster speed of the line-shaft is given by the friction-gear at the time the gathering instrument is gathering the glass quickly around the enlarged end of the gatheringinstrument. This speed is changed to a slower rate as soon as said instrument commences its ascent with the gather to prevent the flying off of the gather.

The gathering instrument is caused to have a lateral swinging movement to carry the gather either to a molding-press 56 or to a forming-block 57 at the side of the machine and for returning to the melting-chamber to repeat the operation of gathering. The outward swinging movement of the gathering instrument commences as it clears the chamber in the outward movement of the carriage and is efiected and controlled by the reciprocation of the carriage and means which I will now describe.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6, and 9, the tubular shaft 7, depending from the turn-table 8, has a horizontal arm 58, (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 9 and 19,) adapted to engage a roll 59, adjustably fixed on the lower carriage-rail, and to act in engagement with said roll in such manner as to cause the said shaft 7 to be turned in its bearing, and thereby swing the turntable and its gathering instrument outward as the carriage moves back. The forward movement of the carriage causes a reverse action of the said arm 58 to swing the gathering instrument inward in position to again enter the chamber. As shown, this arm is of open slotted form, so as to receive the roll 59 as the carriage moves back and to leave the roll as the carriage moves forward. It stands obliquely rearward when the carriage moves forward,and as its rearward movement brings the arm into engagement with the roll the arm is swung around toward the front, the extent of its swing being governed by the position of the roll, which is set to suit the extent of the movement of the carriage for the work to be done at the press or the block. In its lateral swinging movements the swing end of the carrier for the gathering instrument is supported by a ledge or way 60, fixed to and extending out from the side of the carriage, preferably curved, forming a track on which the carrier swings, and being for this purpose provided with roll 61, Figs. 1, 7, and 18, for easy travel. This track has preferably a down ward incline and a wedge 62 on its lower end, placed so that the carrier-roll will ride upon it and drop off with a sudden fall at the limit of the swing movement of the gathering-iron when the glass is to be dropped off into the press. This dropping off the wedge gives the glass a sudden jar and renders its fall from the iron more certain. At this time the carriage and the gathering-iron are without movement,and it will be understood that this dropping-of the glass is only in the operation of the machine in the manufacture of pressed ware and that in such operation the gathering-iron has a swing of a considerable extent in working with the press-mold, so that by the time the iron reaches the pressthe glass will hang from the iron for free separation. The track terminates in a concave 63, into which the carrier-roll drops from the wedge, which is beveled at its thick end to allow the carrier-roll to ride up over it in the return swing of the gathering-iron. The pivoted arm 10 carries the gathering instrument in horizontal position normally, as in Fig. 1, and for this purpose the said carrier at its swing end is supported upon a shelf 64, Fig. 7, on which the roll 61 of the carrier rests and which is suspended by a spring 65, secured tothe front end of the carriage bya rod 66, adjustably connecting a bracket 67 on the carriage. The adjustment of the tension of this spring gives the proper force for raising the swing end of the carrier for the gathering instrument and for supporting it in horizontal position.

The shelf 64 gives the advantage of a level way, as in Fig. 7, to form a junction with the track, so that the roll 61 of the swing-carrier 10 passes easily from the shelf to the track and from the latter to the shelf. A guidestem 68, depending from the shelf, passes through a guide 69, fixed to the carriage, and connects with a lever device mounted on a depending bracket at the under side of the carriage, whereby the shelf is pulled down to effect the dipping of the gatherer in its gathering function. This lever device con sists of two parts, one part of which stands forward and is adapted to engage and pull down the guide-stem 68 and its connected shelf against the tension of the suspendingspring, as in Fig. 4. The other lever part 71 swings down and has a lug or projection 72 on its pivoted end, adapted to engage the for: ward-standing lever part 70 in a way to depress it and its connected'shelf. The guides 69 for the shelf-stem serve to limit the ascent of the shelf in bringing the gathering instrument to a horizontal position, as in Fig. 1. A fixed incline mounted in a hanger depending from the lower rail serves to actuate this lever device. The incline is of approximately inverted-V form, one part 73 standing rearward to the other part 74, standing frontward, Figs. 1 and 14. The part 73 is arranged to receive and engage the swingend of the lever part 71 as the carriage moves forward to carry the gathering instrument into the chamber, and as the roll end of said lever part rides up the incline it is thereby swung back, causing its lug 72 to engage and press down the lever part 70, engaging the shelf-stem, thereby pulling the shelf down, the swingarm 10 by its weight thereby falling with it and giving a dipping descent to the gathering instrument only sufficient for a skimming action to gather a charge, during which the movement of the carriage is comparatively slow, while the gathering instrument has a rapid rotation. The extent of this dipping is governed by vertically adjusting the incline 73 to give a partial immersion to the gatherer, and I prefer to make this adjustment by a pulley 75, mounted so as to engage a screw-stem 76, which carries the incline, in a way that a cord 77, connecting said pulley andunder the control of the attendant, will turn the pulley to raise or to lower the incline, and thereby regulate with exactness the dipping of the gatherer. This provision gives the advantage of setting the gatherer as may become necessary to suit any varying level of the glass; but it is the intention that the glass in the working chamber shall be kept at a uniform level. The highest point of the incline is thelimit of the immersion, and the lever device having passed this point the swing-lever part 71 descends the other side of the incline and, dropping off, releases said lever device, the shelf meantime gradually rising during the travel of the lever over its releasing-incline and, dropping therefrom, allowing the gathering instrument to resume its horizontal position. In dropping off the incline the lever hangs free to ride back out of engagement with the shelf-connecting lever part during the backward movement of the carriage.

It will be understood that the gathering instrument is continuously rotated while advancing to gather a quota of glass, to hold it while being moved out of and away from the chamber and while being swung to deliver the gather for work and while delivering the gather.

The utilization of the crank for imparting reciprocating movements to the carriage, as the means for carrying provision for automatically controlling the movements of the carriage and for automatically controlling the rotation of the gathering instrument, and particularly as to the speed of such rotation, renders the machine interchangeable for work with press-molds and with forming-blocks, the latter being set in place to receive the blowpipe when the machine is used in the manufacture of blown ware. That part of the crank-arm which has the end cams extends from the crank-shaft in a radial line with the crank, forms an extension of it, and rotates in the same plane,and the cams of both arms acting within a revolution of the crank to actuate the shifting levers in the way stated.

I have shown the machine as organized for operating with a plurality of gathering instruments arranged for identical and simultaneous movements at opposite sides of the machine, and in such construction the turn tables of the gathering instruments are geared together at their mounting by like gears 78, which cause the turn-tables to swing together, the swing of one, produced as described, to the same extent swinging the other, the swing being controlled by the movements of the carriage, as stated. In like manner the rotation of one of the gathering instruments serves to cause and to control the rotation of the other, the rotation of one, produced as described, rotating the other with the same speed. For this purpose the shaft 18, Fig. 5, which causes the rotation of one of the gathering instruments, has a gear 79, engaging by an intermediate gearSl, Fig. 10, an equal gear 80 on a short shaft 82, mounted in a tubular shaft 83 of the turntable at the other side of the carriage. The shafts 18 and 82 of these two equal gear 79 80 are each connected to and drive the chucks of the separate gathering instruments by means of flexible shafts 17, each connecting by intermediate gear 15, Fig. 3, with the chuck-shafts. The intermediate gear 81, which engages the equal gear 79 80 of the chuck-operating shafts, causes the gathering instruments to rotate in opposite directions, as in Fig. 10.

In the forward movements of the carriage the gathering instruments are caused to swingin parallel relation and in such relation move into and out of the melting-chamber in gathering each a charge; but after leaving the chamber and during the continued outward movement of the carriage the gathering instruments are caused to swing out from the carriage to deliver the gather to their respective working parts.

It will be understood that in working the machine in the manufacture of pressed ware the gathering instrument is asolid iron 84, which remains in the machine while gathering and dropping such gather into the mold, as in Fig. 9.

Then the machine is used for the manufacture of blown ware, a blowpipe S5 is sub stituted for the solid iron for operation with a forming-block, as in Figs. 18 and 19, and a separate blowpipe is used for each gather. For such work the chuck has an air-tight fitting for the blowpipe and a suitable blow communication therewith, whereby thevglass is puffed or blown while being mechanically rotated and formed upon the block, as in Fig. 3. In changing the blowpipe provision is made for supporting a blowpipe on the machine in readiness to take the place of the one removed and to automatically deliver the other pipe into'the chuck as soon as the one having the blown gather is removed. In this use of the machine the swing of the pipe is only sufficient to place the glass on the block near the side of the machine, and while in this position the pipe is rapidly rotated in the machine and while the glass is being blown the pipe is carried in the machine, as in Figs. 18 and 19.

In Fig. 1 I have shown means whereby a blowpipe is supported to be dropped and automatically inserted into the chuck. On the upper track-beam, near its front end, is secured a horizontal bracket 86, standing at the side and having at its end a tilting device 87, hinged so as to tilt downward and toward the chuck, so as to hold the gathering end of the pipe and act as a grooved runway for it. At the required distance from this tilting device is mounted upon the track-beam a hanger de vice 88, Figs. 1, 4, 18, and 1.), adapted to hold the blow end of the pipe. This hanger device is pivoted in a vertical position, its lower end formed with a rest-lip for the pipe and its upper end serving as a handle and held against a stop 89 by a spring 90, which constantly pulls it against said stop to keep the rest-lip always in position to hold the pipe. The tilting device is somewhat like a scoop or runway, Fig. 19, and is provided with a counterweight 91, serving to more than balance the pipe resting within said device. A stop 92, acting against the bracket, limits the tilting of this device to an angle of about sixty degrees, as in Fig. 18. The hinge of the tilting device is about vertically in line with the center of the forming-block, the object being to deliver the pipe into the chuck at the time the finished blowpipe is removed and while the carriage is standing at the limit of its rearward movement and while the blowpipe is still rotating. This delivery and placing of the pipe in the chuck, Fig. 3, is effected as follows: The rest-lip of hanger SS is tripped, letting the end of the pipe drop into the guide-rest 93, the gathering end of said pipe still resting in the tilting device. The blow end of the pipe falling first will cause it to tilt the weighted device, so that the gathering end of the pipe will slide down upon it, while the blow end of the pipe, having fallen into a concave guiderest 93, secured upon the swing-arm 10 in front of the chuck, serves to support and guide the end of the pipe as it is driven into the chuck by the action of its gathering end as it slides down the inclined grooved face of the tilting device, the inclined position of which acts to shove or slide the pipe as it falls fully in place in the chuck, where it is held from turning by the screws, the same as the solid iron. The pipe is thus almost instantly dropped and automatically chucked, so that the carriage is started for another gathering almost at the very time the blowpipe is removed from the chuck, because at the time of removing a pipe another is placed in the machine just where it can fall and be IIS ing-tube 94, into which the blowpipe is driven or pushed to provide an air-tight joint. At

its geared end the chuck-shaft has a pufftube 95, and which at its outer end has an orifice 96, Fig. 6, which by a suitable mouthpiece projecting through an opening in the cheek 9 of the turn-table, Figs. 1, 3, and 6, enables the attendant to blow or puff the glass while being formed upon the block. The mouthpiece-connecting tube 95 96 is fitted freely within the chuck-shaft, and thereby forms a non-rotating connection with the rotating blowpipe, it being understood that the glass is puffed or blown only when the pipe places it on the block. acting on the outer end of the puff-tu be, serves to keep it under tight fit in the chuck-shaft to prevent escape of air.

A round table 57 is provided with a number of forming-blocks 99 of different sizes, which contain water, into which the glass is rolled in the operation of puffing. The round table can be adjusted vertically to suit the placing of the gather into the block and the table can be turned to bring different blocks into use.

The swing of the pipe to the block is about eighteen inches, which is controlled by setting the roll 59 so as to engage the turn-table arm 58 at the proper time and point in the outward movement of the carriage. The farther front the roll is set the greater will be the extent of the outward swing of the turn-table and, of course, the gathering instrument.

The track or Way on which the swing-is made is of course suited for such movement of the blowpipe, so that it will be delivered without undue jar or fall at the block.

For accelerating the rotation of the pipe at the block the end cam 55 of the cranklever is supplemented by a cam-plate 100, Figs. 20 and 21, the function of which is to act upon the lever 40 and through the frictiongear with the line-shaft. This increased speed is advantageous in blocking the glass and facilitates its finish on the block, and the camplate 100 is added only when the blowpipe is in use. The added cam has the same form as the cam 55 and is fitted'upon its face, as in Figs. 10 and 17, to engage the friction-gear to give increased speed to the blowpipe when operating at the block under the accelerated speed of the friction-gear, Figs. 20 and 21.

In the multiple arrangement of the gathering instruments they are mounted alike on A spring 98, Fig. 3,

opposite sides of the carriage, and the provisions for using one are identical with those for using the other whether the operation be for the manufacture of pressed or for blown ware, and of course this requires an attendant for the work at each side of the machine.

In the operation of the machine it will be understood that the band from the powerdriven pulley .47, Fig. 11, constantly'drives the loose clutch-pulley 44 on the clutch-shaft, and by means of the sprocket-chain 29 said pulley drives the shifting shaft 31, because the pulley has fixed thereto the sprocket-wheel of said chain; that the loose clutch-pulley 45, also on the chuck-shaft, has a slower rotation than the pulley 44, because it is driven by the comparatively small power-driven pulley 48, and that the crank-shaft 26 is driven from the clutch-shaft, as in Fig. 11, and that therefore the engagement of the clutch with the loose pulley 44 will give a comparatively rapid movement to the crank-shaft and hence to the carriage. From this it will be seen that the shifting of the clutch will give a slow or rapid rotation of the crank to reciprocate the carriage both fast and slow for the purpose suited to difierent stages of the work,

and that these different speeds are automatically effected and controlled by cams carried by the crank-shaft and adapted to actuate a clutch-bar in which the clutch is shifted from engagement with the pulley 44 and engaged with the other pulley45. For this purpose the latch-bar, through the lever 53, is positively moved by the cam 39, Fig. 12, while a spring 101 acts to return said lever to its position to be again engaged by said cam; but in this movement of the latch-bar it is first disengaged from the clutch-shifter 51 by being lifted by the attendant, when the connected shifter-spring 55 will shift the clutch from the pulley 45 to the pulley 44. As the latch-bar rests freely upon the clutch-shifter 51,as in Fig. 12, and slides upon it inreturning the lever 53 to its normal position the notch of the latch will again by its weight engage the clutch-shifter in readiness to again shift the clutch by the action of the cam in the rotation of the crank.

That the movement and speed of the carriage and the rotation and speed of the gathering-iron may be more clearly understood as produced by the revolution of the crankshaft cams the following is the order, step by step, of such movements of the machine operating with the solid gathering-iron for pressed ware.

Referring to Figs. 1, 4, 13, and 16 the carriage will be understood as moving forward under the fast speed of the drive-pulley 44, with the crank 25 descending to engage its cam 39 with the shifting-levers. The gatl1 ering-iron on entering the chamber is caused to dip, thereby partially immersing its gathering end into the glass, and at this time the said cam 39 is brought into engagement with the lever 53, causing it to shift the clutch from the drive-pulley 44 to the drive-pulley 45, Fig. 15, and thereby slow the movement of the carriage while the end of the iron is skimming the glass. At the same time the said cam 39 has also engaged the lever 40, causing it to shift the shaft 31 to engage the friction-gear 34 35 and thereby accelerate the rotation of the line-shaft 24 to rapidly rotate the iron while it is gathering the glass. In the top view, Fig. 15, this cam 39 is seen as descending and engaging the two levers at the same time, and it leaves them at the same time, and while engagedwith them it holds the shifted parts in their positions long enough to effect the purpose of shifting the clutch and the gear. This cam 39 therefore gives a slow forward movement and a rapid rotation of the gathering-iron while it is in the glass; but as soon as the cam passes its engagement with the shifting-levers and the crank passes its deadcenter the clutch is again quickly engaged with the fast pulley 44, as in Fig. 13, and the shaft 31 is again engaged with the line-shaft, causing the iron to rotate slowly, this while it is rising and swinging out to the mold. Otherwise the glass would tend to be thrown off by centrifugal force. In the meantime the releasing of the clutch-lever causes it to again engage the pulley 44 to give a rapid outward movement to the carriage to bring the iron as quickly as possible to the press, this speed being necessary to give the press the glass while it is hot and ready to drop from it. At the time or just before the crank reaches its other dead-center in its rotation and about as the iron reaches the mold the end cam 55 is brought into engagement with the shifting-lever,Figs. 9 and 14; but this cam is caused to shift them only to an extent that will place the clutch out of engagement with the drive-pulleys, and thereby stop the movementof the carriage and place the line-shaft out of engagement and thereby stop the rotation of the gathering-iron, which at this time drops off the track-wedge, and the glass is at the same time dropped from the iron into the mold. The glass having been dropped, the attendant raises the latch-bar 52, releasing the clutch-shifter 51, which by its spring 55 again engages the clutch with the pulley 44, Fig. 13, and drives the carriage quickly forward, returning the iron in position to again enter the chamber to repeat the operation. In releasing the clutch to make this shift the latch-bar is again, by its spring 101, automatically engaged with the said clutchshifter to again shift the clutch.

It will be understood that many of the devices described are not essential to the several features of my invention separately considered. This will be indicated in the concluding claims, as in any given claim the omission of an element or the omission of reference to the particular features of the elements mentioned is intended to be a formal declaration of the fact that the omitted elements or features are not essential to the invention herein covered. As a matter of fact, however, while I have shown and described the machine in its relation to the gathering instrument and its holder, yet it is apparent that the machine is complete in its organization without the presence of the gathering instrument in its holder.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings the invention claimed herein in a machine wherein a solid gathering-iron and a gathering-blowpipe may be separately used for the separate operations which I have described, and as to all and every matter of the devices and combinations of devices embraced in such machine, other than those which belong to and are in combinative relation as to all matters embodied in said claims and which appertain to and are particularly directed to and employed with a solid gathering-iron in the operation of the machine for the mann facture of pressed ware, they are embodied in a separate application for a patent filed by me of even date herewith for such machine in its adaptation and use for the operations of gathering and delivering glass with a gathering-blowpipe and therefore are not claimed herein.

I claim- 1. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering-iron holder, means constructed and arranged to move the holder toward and from the glass, means automatically to advance the holder under a slow movement in contact with the glass and means automatically to cause said holder to have a rapid rotation while under its slow limited advance, whereby the gathering action of the gathering-iron is quickened to take up the proper quantity of glass within the period of contact movement of the iron therewith.

2. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering-iron and a carriage therefor, and mechanism automatically for moving said carriage to carry the iron rapidly to a chamber containing the glass, slowing the carriage while gathering the glass, and rapidly swinging the iron while moving to deliver the glass, means automatically to operate said iron to gather the glass by a rapid rotating action upon the surface of the glass, and means automatically to slow the rotation of the iron while moving to deliver the gather.

3. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering instrument, means for reciprocating it, a flexible shaft connecting it and gear mechanism connecting and rotating said flexible shaft for rotating the gathering instrument.

4. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a gathering instrument, a chuck therefor, means for rotating said chuck, a reciprocating carriage for said instrument, gear mechanism on said carriage connecting the driving power, and a flexible shaft intermediately connecting the chuckgearing and the power driving-gear.

5. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a reciprocating carriage and a laterally-swinging device for said instrument mounted upon said carriage, a rotating line-shaft, a flexible shaft connected to rotate said instrument, and gear mechanism connecting said flexible shaft and line-shaft, the mounting for the-gathering instrument and the mounting for the swing device being concentric with each other.

6. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a carriage, and a line-shaft, a gathering instrument mounted upon said carriage and gear mechanism connecting the gathering instrument with said line-shaft, the said connection having a free sliding movement on said shaft, means for reciprocating said carriage and means for rotating the line-shaft whereby to effect the rotation of the gathering instrument.

7. For gatheringand delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a reciprocatin g carriage therefor, and a chuck for said instrument mounted upon said carriage, a rotating line-shaft, gear mechanism connecting the line-shaft and carriage and having sliding connection with said shaft and a flexible shaft connecting said gear mechanism and chuck whereby to rotate the same.

8. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, and a reciprocating carriage therefor, a line-shaft, a gear 23 splined to slide thereon, a swing-carriage for said instrument and a chuck thereon for said instrument, having a gear 14: and gear mechanism connecting the line-shaft and chuck, consisting of the gear 19, 20, 22 connecting the line-shaft gear 23, the flexible shaft 17 connecting the gear 19, and the gear 15 on the swing-carrierconnecting the said chuck-gear 14 with the flexible shaft for operation in the Way described.

9. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a chuck-,

' shaft 12 therefor, a plug-pin 16, gear 14, 15

engaging said chuck-shaft and plug-pin, the flexible shaft 17 fixed to said plug-pin, the shaft 18 connecting the flexible shaft, and gear mechanism connecting the said shaft 18, and the driving power as a means for rotating the gathering instrument.

10. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor, and a crank-arm for reciprocating said carriage and an arm on the crank-shaft in line with said crank, of cams on the crank-arm, a shifting-lever arranged to receive the action of said cams in a revolution of the crank, and a clutch device connecting said lever whereby to control the movements of the carriage in the way and for the purpose stated.

11. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor, and a crank for reciprocating said carriage and an arm on the crank-shaft in line with said crank, of cams on crank-arms, a shifting-leverarranged to receive the action of said cams in a revolution of the crank, a clutch device, connecting the .driven power, and a latch-bar connecting the said shifting-lever and clutch forcontrolling the movements of the carriage.

12. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a carriage therefor, the crank-shaft connecting said carriage having an arm in line with said crank, cams on the crank-arm, a shifting-lever, a line-shaf t, means connecting it with the gathering instrument and means connecting the said shifting-lever and lineshaft, whereby to effect and control theretation of the gathering instrument by the rotating action of said cams. I

13. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with agathering instrument,a carriage therefor, the crank-shaft having cams carried by arms at opposite sides of said shaft, shifting-levers arranged to receive the action of said cams, a line-shaft, a clutch device connecting one of said shifting-levers, a shifting shaft driven from the clutch-shaft and connecting the other of said shifting-levers, gear mechanism connecting the shifting shaft and the line-shaft and gear mechanism connecting the line-shaft and the gathering instrument, whereby the reciprocation of the carriage and the rotation of the gathering instrument are controlled.

14. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering instrument, a pivotally mounted swingcarrier therefor, a spring-sustained shelf for said car rier, a lever device for engaging said shelf, and an adjustable incline, whereby the dipping movement of the gathering instrument is regulated to the level of the glass in a chamber.

15. In a machine for gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware and in combination with a gathering instrument,

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ing a quota of glass, and a fast and a slow actuating mechanism, of operating mechanism for the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, a clutch device, and means for shifting the clutch device, and simultaneously actuating the changeablespeed gearing whereby the gathering instrument is advanced slowly when nearing the limit of its forward movement and at the same time rotated at a higher rate of speed in its gathering function.

17. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, an instrument for collecting a quota of glass by a skimming and a rotary action, a fast and a slow operating mechanism therefor, and actuating mechanism for the gatherin g instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, of a clutch, and means for simultaneousl y shifting the clutch and changing the relation of the aforesaid speed-gearing whereby the gathering instrument is advanced more slowly when nearing the limit of its forward movement and is at the same time rotated at a higher rate of speed, in its gathering function.

18. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier provided with an instrument for gathering a quota of glass by a rotary and a skimming action, a fast and a slow mechanism therefor, and actuating mechanism for the gathering instrument including a changeable speed gearing, of a clutch device, a clutch shifter and a cam operatively connected with the actuating mechanism for sim ultaneously shifting the clutch and the changeable-speed gearing to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and at the same time diminish the relative speed of its advance when picking up a quota of glass.

19. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, an instrument for gathering a quota of glass by a combined rotary and skimming action, a fast and a slow actuating mechanism therefor and operating mechanism for the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, of a clutch device, a pivoted arm 41 connecting and actuating the aforedescribed speed-gearing, a cam for simultaneously operating the clutch and the aforesaid pivoted arm to cause the gathering instrument to rotate more rapidly and advance more slowly when nearing the limit of its forward travel, and a second cam for operating the said clutch device to throw the gathering instrument out of action when it reaches the limit of its backward movement.

20. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a gathering instrument, means for advancing and withdrawing said gathering instrument and causing it to pick up a quota of glass by a combined rotary and skimming action, a fast and a slow mechanism therefor, operating mechanism including a changeable-speed gearing for rotating the gathering instrument, of a clutch device, an operating-arm 4:1 for shifting the changeable-speed gearing, a cam in connection with the operating mechanism for simultaneously shifting the clutch device and the said operating-arm to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and simultaneously diminish the speed of its forward movement when gathering the glass, and a second cam for throwing the gathering instrument and its carrying means out of action.

21. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier bearing a gathering instrument, and actuating mechanism, of a line-shaft, actuating mechanism therefor and a trainof gear connections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft and movable with reference to the latter whereby a rotary motion is imparted to the gathering instrument from the line-shaft at all stages of movement of the swing-carrier.

22. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, a gathering instrument, and a line-shaft and actuating mechanism therefor, of a train of connections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft and includingagear element slidably mounted upon said lineshaft and rotatable therewith to transmit motion from the line-shaft to the gathering instrument.

23. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier bearing a gathering instrument, a lineshaft, and actuating mechanism therefor including a chan geab1espeed gearing,of a train of connections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft including a gear element slidably mounted upon the line-shaft and constructed to rotate therewith to transmit motion to the gathering instrument at all stages of its movement, substantially as set forth.

24. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train of connections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft, including a gear elem ent slidably mounted upon the lineshaft and rotatable therewith, of a second shaft 36 in gear with the line-shaft, an endwise-movable shaft, gear elements of different size secured to the endwisemovable shaft to engage with, respectively, corresponding gear elements of the line-shaft or the aforedescribed second shaft 36 according as the line-shaftis to be driven at a comparatively slow or high speed, and means for shifting the endwise-movable shaft to cause the gear elements carried thereby to engage with the corresponding cooperating gear elements to impart a fast or a slow rotary movement to the gathering instrument.

25. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train of connections between the line-shaft and the gathering instrument embracing a gear element slidable upon the line-shaft and rotatable therewith, of an endwise-movable shaft, companion gear elements 31,32 between the line-shaft and the endwise-movable shaft, a short shaft 36 parallel with the lineshaft and in gear therewith and provided with a gear element 35, a gear element 34 of comparatively large diameter secured to the endwise-movable shaft and adapted to be brought into contact with the gear element 35 of the short shaft to rotate the line-shaft at a com paratively high rate of speed, and means for shifting the endwise-movable shaft, substantially as set forth.

26. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, provided with a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, and a train of connections between the gathering instrument and the line-shaft including a gear element slidably mounted upon the line-shaft and rotatable therewith, of an endwise-movable shaft, a changeablespeed gearing between the endwise-movable shaft and the line-shaft, a fast and a slow driven pulley, a clutch device, a clutchshifter, a latch-bar adapted to make engagement with said clutch-shifter and means for simultaneously moving the latch-bar and the aforedescribed endwise-movable shaft to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and decrease the speed of its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass, substantially as set forth.

27. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier provided with a gathering instrument, a line-shaft, anda train of connections between the line-shaft and the gathering instrument, of an endwise-movable shaft, a'changeablespeed gearing between the endwise-movable shaft and the aforesaid line-shaft, a fast and a slow driven pulley, a clutch device, means for normally holding the clutch device in engagement with the fast-driven pulley,a clutchshifter, a pivoted latch-bar adapted to make engagement with said clutch-shifter to throw the clutch and means for simultaneously operating the latch-bar and the aforedescribed endwise-movable shaft to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and lessen the speed of its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass.

28. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-car rier, a gathering instrument, and a train of connections for transmitting rotary motion to the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, of a fast and a slow driven pulley, a clutch device, a spring-actuated clutch-shifter, a latch-bar adapted to make engagement with the clutch-shifter, a lever 53 having pivotal connection with the latchbar, and means for simultaneously shifting the clutch device and the changeable-speed gearing to advance the gathering instrument more slowly and accelerate its rotation when picking up a quota of glass.

29. In apparatus for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier provided with a gathering instrument, a shaft 26, and a crank connection between said shaft and the swing-carrier, of a fast and a slow driven pulley loosely mounted upon the clutch, gear engaging the said shafts, a train of connections between the clutch-shaft and the gathering instrument including a changeable-speed gearing, a clutch device, a clutchshifter, and a cam carried by the crank-shaft to effect a simultaneous shifting of the clutch device and the speedgearing to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and decrease the speed of its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass.

30. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with the swingcarrier, a gathering instrument, a shaft 26, a crank connection between said shaft and the swing-carrier, a clutch-shaft and a train of connections between the said shaft and the gathering instru ment including a changeablespeed gearing, of a fast and a slow driven pulley loosely mounted upon the clutch-shaft, a clutch device mounted to slide upon and rotate with the said clutch-shaft and adapted to throw either of the said pulleys into operation, a clutch-shifter, and cams applied to the arms of the crank-shaft and disposed about 'at diametrically opposite points, one of the cams being adapted to shift the clutch and the speed-gearin g to accelerate the rotation of the gathering instrument and diminish its forward movement when picking up a quota of glass, and the other cam for throwing the machine out of gear, substantially as set forth.

31. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier provided with an instrument for gathering a quota of glass by a combined rotary and skimming action, a shaft having a crank connection with the swing-carrier, a clutch-shaft pulley and geared to the crank-shaft, and a train of connections between the gathering instrument and the fast-driven pulley including a changeable-speed gearing, of a clutch device, a latch-bar, a spring-actuated clutchshifter adapted to be engaged by the latchbar, a horizontally-pivoted arm 41, verticallyarranged levers having pivotal connection with the latch-bar and said pivoted arm, respectively, and cams applied to the said crank and arm and located at diametrically opposite points for operating the latch-bar and pivoted arm, substantially'as and for the purpose set forth.

32. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swingcarrier, a gathering instrument supported by said carrier and movable therewith, and a shaft disposed at right angles vertically to the gathering instrument, of a flexible shafting for provided with a fast and a slow driven clutchits transmitting motion from the said shaft to the gathering instrument, and actuating mechanism for the said shaft, substantially as set forth.

33. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, a gathering instrument supported by and movable with said carrier, and a shaft 18 disposed at right angles to the gathering instrument, of a flexible shaft for transmitting motion from the said shaft to the gathering instrument,actuating mechanism,including the line-shaft and gearing between the said lineshaft and the said shaft 18 for imparting motion thereto, substantially as described.

34. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, a turn-table for said carrier and movable therewith and a gatheringinstrument mounted on said carrier, and mechanism for operating the turn-table during the reciprocating movements of said carrier to swing the gathering instrument laterally to bring the quota of glass into position for forming and again returning said instrument to a normal position, of actuating mechanism includinga lineshaft, and a train of connections between the said line-shaft and the gathering instrument, including a vertical shaft 18 concentric with the axis of said turn-table and independent thereof, substantially as described.

35. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a swing-carrier, a turn table, a gathering instrument mounted on said carrier and means for efiecting a lateral movement of the turn-table during the travel of the carrier to swing the gathering instrument laterally, of a shaft concentric with the turn-table and having connection with the gathering instrument to impart a rotary movement thereto at all stages of its movement, actuating mechanism including a line-shaft, and gearing between the line-shaft and the said concentric shaft including an element slidable upon and rotatable with the line-shaft, substantially as described.

36. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination of a reciprocating carriage, a turn-table, means for effecting a turning of the table, a swing-carrier having pivotal connection with the turn-table, and a gathering instrument, means substantially as set forth for swinging the turn-table and depressing the pivoted carrier to dip the receiving end of the gathering instrument into the molten glass, a shaft concentric with the turntable and operatively connected with the driving mechanism, and a flexible shafting connecting the said concentric shaft with the gathering instrument, substantially as described.

37. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with the reciprocating carriage, a turn-table, on the carriage, and a swing-carrier having pivotal connection with the turn-table about in line with its axis, and a gathering instrument, of a shaft concentric with the turn-table, a flexible shaft ing for transmitting motion from said shaft to the gathering instrument, and a train of connections forimparting motion to the said concentric shaft including a line-shaft, and gearing having an element slidable upon and rotatable with the line-shaft, substantially as set forth.

38. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a reciprocating carriage, a swing-carrier carrying a gathering-iron mounted thereon, and means for swinging said carrier laterally, of a track for supporting the swing end of the arm, having an upward incline at the rear end of the track terminating in a shoulder to cause the swing end of the carrier to rise and drop suddenly to efiect a positive dislodgment of the glass from the gathering-iron when its receiving end is directly above the press-mold, substantially as set forth.

39. In a machine for the manufacture of glassware, the combination with a reciprocating carriage, a turn-table, applied to one side of the carriage, means for swinging the turntable during the reciprocating movement of the carriage, a gathering instrument supported bymeans of the turn-table, anda shaft concentric with the turn-table and adapted to transmit a rotary movement to the gatheringinstrument, of acorresponding turn-table applied to the opposite side of the carriage, and a gathering instrument, intermeshing gearing connecting the two turn-tables for effecting a simultaneous swing thereof, in opposite directions, a shaft concentric with the second turn-table and adapted to transmit motion to the gatheringinstrument supported thereby, gear elements applied to the aforesaid concentric shafts, and an intermediate gear element intermeshing with the gear elements of the concentric shafts, whereby to actuate the gathering instruments with simultaneous and identical movements.

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40. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, a plurality of gathering instruments, means for rotating, dipping and swinging laterally one of the gathering instruments, and including gearing between the gathering instruments whereby they receive simultaneous and identical swinging and rotating movements.

41. For gathering and delivering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a reciprocating carriage, the swing-arm 1O pivotally mounted on saidcarriage, and having near its pivoted end a chuck, and at its swing end a pair of rolls, of a gathering-iron secured within said chuck, resting upon said rolls and having a collar abutting said rolls and means for rotating said chuck, whereby the gathering iron is held in its chuck.

42. In a machine for gathering glass in the manufacture of glassware, and in combination with a gathering-iron holder, means to cause the holder to be moved toward and from the glass, an independent vertically-movable In testimony whereof I have hereunto support for said holder, means arranged and signed this specification.

constructed to allow the free descent of the holder and means for adjusting its descent, ILLIAM FRANCIS ALTDNBAUGH',

5 whereby the limit of the dipping movement In presence of of the gathering-iron is increased for the pur- J. M. IIERSHBERGER, pose stated. J. B. EHRENFRIED. 

